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1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of voters and five curtained voting machines at Ward 10.
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Governor Walter S. Goodland

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Governor Walter S. Goodland filing nomination papers at the Secretary of State Office with Gaige E. Roberts, chief of the elections and records division.
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1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Governor and Mrs. Rennebohm casting their ballots at their home precinct in Maple Bluff. The governor was a candidate in that primary election.
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Stassen-for-President Campaign

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: Victor Johnston (right) state manager of the Stassen-for-President campaign presenting nomination papers for fifteen of the Republican National Convention ...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Listens to Broadcast

Date: 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm and friends listening to broadcast.
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Voters at National Election

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Madison citizens in Washington School gymnasium, waiting to vote at the national election.
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Delbert J. Kenny

Date: 03 04 1944
Description: Delbert J. Kenny, Republican candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, running against incumbent Walter S. Goodland in the Republican primary election.
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Mary Oscar Rennebohm and Madge Walter Goodland

Date: 01 01 1945
Description: Mrs. (Mary) Oscar Rennebohm visiting with Mrs. (Madge) Walter Goodland, prior to the inauguration of the State of Wisconsin officers.
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East Side Youth Mayor

Date: 04 14 1949
Description: Bob Verberkmoes, an East High School student, who was elected the fourth East Side Youth Mayor in the annual election held at East High School.
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Saving Rent Control

Date: 09 04 1949
Description: Emma Milton (left) of Omaha, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Union local 60, is seen here circulating a petition to save the rent control institute...
Print

Chesty Potato Chips, Label

Date: 03 19 1945
Description: Drawing submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Blue and yellow label for Chesty Potato Chips featuring a drawing of a young boy we...
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Senator Joseph McCarthy Eating Breakfast

Date: 11 06 1946
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy in the home of friends Urban and Margery Van Susteren of Little Chute, on the morning after his election to the U.S. Senate. Van Sustere...
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Mary Janet Hall Registering to Vote

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Mary Janet Hall, (at left) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, registering at City Hall as a new voter, and City Clerk A.W. Bareis (at right.)
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University of Wisconsin Foreign Students Observe Election

Date: 11 02 1948
Description: A large group of University of Wisconsin foreign students question Madison city clerk, A.W. Bareis, after observing a national election at Washington Schoo...
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Ernst J. Deppe

Date: 04 19 1949
Description: Ernst J. Deppe of Marshall sits behind a desk covered in papers and is holding a gavel. He was narrowly elected Dane County board chairman, 42 to 40, over ...
Poster

Vote For Steffes

Date: 1944
Description: Campaign poster instructing voters how to write in Herbert J. Steffes for the office of Municipal Judge of Milwaukee County. He was appointed to serve the ...
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New Voting Machine Demonstration

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Mrs. Nels (Louise) Grimstad, 613 Riverside Drive, is shown receiving instructions on one of Madison's new voting machines from Mrs. Ralph F. (Mildred) Norr...
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West High School Class Officer Candidates

Date: 10 26 1949
Description: Candidates for class officers at West high school standing and sitting around a desk in a classroom. They are, from left to right: Dave Moran, Peg Arnold, ...
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Congressional Candidate Connor Hansen

Date: 04 27 1948
Description: Waist-up portrait of Connor Hansen, a former Eau Claire County district attorney, who is now seeking to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for th...
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Election Night

Date: 11 1948
Description: Governor and Mrs. Oscar Rennebohm in the Governor's Residence, 130 E. Gilman Street, listening to the election returns on the radio. Some of the mansion's...

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